Wheel moust in Linux???

[engjohn]

Can it be done? I have gotten pretty used to having the wheel...

Can I make it work i Linux (redhat 7.0)

[minoukat]

Made it work (once with Mandrake 8) but I don't remember how ! That was before I had to take it off again !

[David]

It can be done, yes. I'm not sure how tho'

Is it USB or PS/2?

[engjohn]

It is a PS/2 Microsoft wheel mouse.

[CrazyDave]

I've wondered about this too, I just installed Mandrake 8.0 today, I have a usb microsoft intellimouse... any help is appreciated.

[Balkoth]

It can be done by editing your /etc/X11/XF86Config file (using mcedit or an editor of your choice) -

under the Pointer section should read -


Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"

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Hope this helps :)

--EDIT--

Mandrake 8 uses the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file rather than XF86Config. Not sure about RedHat.

[engjohn]

Originally posted by Balkoth
It can be done by editing your /etc/X11/XF86Config file (using mcedit or an editor of your choice) -

under the Pointer section should read -


Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"

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Hope this helps :)

--EDIT--

Mandrake 8 uses the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file rather than XF86Config. Not sure about RedHat.


I am but a humble servant m' lord....

You ROCK!!! That was exactally what I needed.... :):):)

[Balkoth]

Glad I could help :)

[!-=sky=-!]

the mouse should be reconized in the installation and could be tested while u select the mouse

at least mine was able to work...

[ken257]

I am running SuSE 7.2 and when you install it if there is a wheel mouse hooked up it is automatically configured! What is really cool is it even works to change weapons when I play Q3A and Unreal Tourney :D

I had the wheel mouse working in Mandrake a while back but the mouse was messed up when it came to Q3A so I went back to a standard mouse. I used Mandrakes GUI configuration tools to make the change.

If you haven't used SuSE it might be worth giving it a try. I find it to be less betaish then Mandrake which would be my second choice distro.